The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-09

North Carolina and Tastes the Siciiiic'sA>
(Din Nye in the New York Wori4)
AsHEvILLE, \. c., January l3,-laas
week I went out into tee mountains 1o1
the purpose Of securing a holy tree witt
red berries on it for Iuietide. | hal
noticed in all ny pictures Of Christmas
festivities IN England that: the holly:
with cranberries on It, constituted Tie
back ground OF Iulet;de. \ ile;ide II
England without holly .horsh ana a
little mistletoe II it wouldn't be worth
half price. Here these vegetables gro"
in great profusion, owing to the e4ra54e
climate, and Sc. the holy tlea is within
the reach Of all.
I resolved to secure ope personally, so
sped away into the mountains, where,
in less than the time it takes 10 tell it, |
had succeeded in finding hon y"uee and
losing myself. It is very solemn sen
sation to feel that you are lost, and that
before YOU can be found somet4:ng, IS
liable to happen to, universe.
/ wandered aimlessly about Tor hall an
hour. hoping that I.wopld be missed In
society and some one sent IL sea!ch OF
me. I was~lust about 70 Siye up N
despair and sink down On q Bed OF mess
with the idea OF shutting OF six or seven
feet of mortal coil when, 1aS1ew rods
away, I saw a blue smoke issuing from
the side of the mountain and rising to-
ward the sky. I went rapidly toward It
and found it to be plain dug-out with
a dirt floor. entered and cast myself
upon rude nal keg, allowing my feet
to remain suspended at the lower end Of
my legs; an attitude which l frequently
affect when fatigued. r.. "~
The place Was not occupied st the time
I entered, though there was Z fire and
things looked sstlo6ghihe owner had
not been7ong absent. q sees4ed to be.
aEnd Of laboratory, for I cor'd see here
and there the earnaarks Of the chemist.
I feared at first that it was q bomb fac
tory, but as I could not see any Of these
implements ina perfected state I decided
that It was safe and waited .for the owner
to arrive.
After some time heard low, gutter
al footstep approaching up tie LlA.
went to the door and exclaimed to the
proprietor Us he. came, ."Merfy Christ
mas, Colonel. -
:tMerry Christmas be-p'.said he IN
the same bantc1ing tone. What IN
three dashes, two hvphens and IN aston
isher do YOU want here, you double
dashed and double blanhetet: blank to
dash and return
The wording here is nv. own, but it
oiras Won an i6e;. of how tie converse
Son was drifting. You can see BIZ his
manner that iterary people are not alone
in being suriv, irritable and unreason
able; s.e,--'-;.,
So I humoced Inn and spoke klnoiy
to him and smoothc& down LIS rl,1lied
plumace with my gay badinacc, for ne
yopa-s shawl and-you c.Ias,9ever. tel
whether nan wearing shawf is armed
ornoh.
~ noticed that bc was a msr ABOUT
medium leislts. with clear cit features
and retreaEngE bsiskee: His Nair~ was
dark and Lung in great waves, which
seemed to have caught the sunlight and
retained it together with a great many
other atmospheric pbenQmena. de wore
a straw hat, such as f~osce saw Horace
Greeley catch grassIoppers in, Oh the
banks Of the knnickinnick, just before
he caught small trout.
Ispens some time with himiTatohng
him asshe made Ms VARIOUS experime So
Finally hesshowed@mesa neE sewerage
that he had been engaged IN rcrfect1ng.
1t was inclosed ma dark brown stone:
receptacle, and twas held N pace by q
common corn cob stopper. ! took some
of it IN order to show that Iconided IN
him. do not remember any thing else
distinctly. The fumes Of this dcink went
at once to my brain, where 1t had what
might be termed q complete walkover.
1now have no. hesitation II saying
that the fluid must have been alcoholic
in its nature, Tor when l resalned my
consciousness l was extremely ELSEWHERE:
found myself on road which seemed
TO lead in two opposite directions, anG
nv mind was very much confused.
+ hardly know how I got home, but |
finally did get there. accom- panied by a
strong leaning toward prohibition. 4
few dass Rter Isseceived the following
letter.
Iat tirst. thought when / IsaW you
at mYlaIoratory.fhe other day that you
was a low, ;nquisitive cuss, and so /
spoke to YOU in harsh tones and re-
1roached vou and uDbraided YOU by